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Radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation can cause pulmonary vein stenosis presenting as massive hemoptysis successfully managed with pneumonectomy.
Massive hemoptysis is a rare but severe complication of pulmonary vein stenosis following radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation, which can be successfully managed with pneumonectomy.
Alerts clinicians to rare post-ablation hemoptysis from pulmonary vein stenosis; single case leaves management open.
Pulmonary vein stenosis, which is one of the rare complications of radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation, has various symptoms. Here, we report a rare case of massive hemoptysis due to pulmonary vein stenosis following radiofrequency catheter ablation, which was successfully managed with pneumonectomy.
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Lee et al. (2014) studied this question. Radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation can cause pulmonary vein stenosis presenting as massive hemoptysis successfully managed with pneumonectomy.
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